Dialect vs. Dialogue

Dialectnoun

(linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

Dialectnoun

(pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.

Dialectnoun

A language (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized variety that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese, or Bavarian as contrasted with German).

Dialectnoun

A variant of a non-standardized programming language.

Dialectnoun

(ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.

Dialectnoun

Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

Dialectnoun

The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.

Dialectnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

Dialectnoun

a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Dialectnoun

a particular version of a programming language.

Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the Ancient Greek word διάλεκτος, diálektos 'discourse', from διά, diá 'through' and λέγω, légō 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. Under this definition, the dialects or varieties of a particular language are closely related and are often mutually intelligible, especially if close to one another on the dialect continuum.

Dialoguenoun

A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

Dialoguenoun

(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

Dialoguenoun

(philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

Dialoguenoun

(computing) A dialogue box.

Dialogueverb

To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Dialogueverb

(obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Dialoguenoun

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

Dialoguenoun

A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

Dialogueverb

To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.

Dialogueverb

To express as in dialogue.

Dialoguenoun

a conversation between two persons

Dialoguenoun

the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

Dialoguenoun

a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;

Dialoguenoun

a discussion intended to produce an agreement;

Dialogue

Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is chiefly associated in the West with the Socratic dialogue as developed by Plato, but antecedents are also found in other traditions including Indian literature.